Topic: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread - page 588. (Read 668538 times)

I also thought like that but it seems we were wrong about Leverkusen and they continued to progress without ever tasting victory. But at the moment there are still a few matches left and if we talk about the next match against Stuttgart, I think Leverkusen can still overcome this. The reason is that in the first meeting at the start of the season, Leverkusen did have difficulty facing Stuttgart but they were able to stage a comeback win in the 90th minute and that was enough proof of how their mentality works.

Not only against Stuttgart, Leverkusen has repeatedly survived defeat with a last minute goal and I think that will still be the case against Stuttgart in the second round. Although there are doubts that this will be Leverkusen's first defeat this season, I still believe they are capable of continuing their unbeaten record.

What Bayern Leverkusen did against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga shows that they want to finish this Bundesliga season unbeaten. Bayern Leverkusen players mentality is high, and they don't know how to give up until the final whistle. If Bayern Leverkusen continues performing like this, they will finish unbeaten in the Bundesliga because they still have the same hunger to win their matches when they have yet to win the Bundesliga title this season.

Bayer Leverkusen is playing something different this year. If the best team statistics in Europe are to be determined, Bayer Leverkusen should be at the top. They are still undefeated in the league and continue their way in Europe at full speed. Their championship made me happy, as it did many people. They worked hard to become champions.

Honestly Leverkusen never lost, so it is not like a shocker that they did not lose again, that is what people expect from them. And yes Dortmund really needed that win, they are not even in top four right now, meaning they would be out of UCL spots if they finish here, which shocks the world and they expect better from Dortmund, but not any other team above them managed to win against Leverkusen neither, that is why I think we should cut some slack on Dortmund.

This should be a game they got a tie, better than a loss, and from here on out they could try to get wins. This should be something that could give them an advantage and could actually get to top four if they could end up with a better movement later on as well.

Yes and I think the most difficult one they had left before the game against Dortmund, was the Dortmund game. They just turned Bundesliga champions, played away from home and Dortmund so urgently needed the points. I thought that will be the game where Leverkusen's winning streak (or not losing streak) comes to an end. Yet again, they score that goal. So fun to follow them this season. Always some nice action to watch no matter what minute of the game it is and no matter what situation they are in. So far I think it looks as if the team stays together for the most part. I am curious to see next season whether they are able to do something similar to what they have achieved this season. It seems impossible, but if someone said that the table would look like this after 30 games, I would have said that it isn't possible ever.

Dortmund are faced with an unpleasant situation, where they are required to be able to perform stably in the Champions League and Bundesliga. The draw against Leverkusen was certainly very painful, because it happened in the last minute, if we had secured full points yesterday, perhaps the situation would have been a little different. We know that Leverkusen this season has been outstanding throughout the season, and that is a fair result for both teams.

Meanwhile, regarding Dortmund chances in the Champions League, I think their chances of beating PSG are low. Previously they had faced each other in the group stage, and Dortmund did not have the strength to beat PSG. Regarding Dortmund competition with Leipzig in the Bundesliga, the opportunity for Edin Terzic team to finish in the top four of the standings is still open, and next week they will face each other.

If Dortmund are eliminated in the Champions League by PSG, then fail to finish in the top four at the end of the season, then this is a very embarrassing season for them, as painful as Bayern losing their dominance to Leverkusen.

Yes, I have seen many times how a club that won the title ahead of schedule lost motivation and their results worsened, but this is definitely not the case with Bayer. Previously, I was skeptical about the idea that Bayer could go through the entire season in the Bundesliga without a single defeat, but now, given the fact that there are only 4 games left and the most difficult one is the home game with Stuttgart, I began to believe in it.

I will be a big blow for Dortmund if they failed to finish in Champions League zone. It will hit hard their mentality, because this could be a continuity of their last season failure. Dortmund would have had a difficult situation to recover from. The fact that they still have focus on the Champions League semi-final makes things more complicated for them to go on.

It's impossible for them to focus only on one competition to save their fate for next season. Having a slight chance to Champions League and another chance to finish top four is a dilemma that doesn't have a right solution to solve, because they are not favorite in both situation. If they failed in one of those, things can get worse for the future.

There still 4 matchdays left and it should be possible for them maybe to get the 4th place back.
But for sure there main focus will be the upcoming Champions League game against Paris.
If they win the next game against Leipzig in Leipzig they have the 4th spot back , it will be hard but if they keep playing as they have don lately they have good chances.

The match between Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen yesterday resulted in a draw, the same as in their first meeting thisseason with the same score also 1-1. I think, although Bayer Leverkusen is still very consistent with its unbeaten record, but Dortmund has a better way than Bayern Munich to hold Bayer Leverkusen to a draw. But yes, I think Dortmund also has a close chance of beating Bayer Leverkusen in its two matches this season in the Bundesliga and as such, Dortmund is a difficult opponent for Bayer Leverkusen this season because they only got a draw.

Because, in their two meetings this season, in reality Dortmund always managed to score first but indeed, in yesterday match Dortmund were reall yunlucky.Because after all, Bayer Leverkusen goal also occurred in the minute of injurytime and it was really at the last minute of thematch because the referee added +8 and Bayer Leverkusen scored in the +7 minute. It was bad luck I think for Dortmund because it was only a matter of seconds before Dortmund managed to beat Bayer Leverkusen this season butyes, in the end Bayer Leverkusen still managed not to lose.

A remarkable season for the entire club, But thereafter, a club had an incredible performance such as what Leverkusen has done, what that usually drops their performance the next season is reshuffling of players, basically selling some and sending some on a loan, Now they have the league cup in their hands and at the verge of ending the season with an unbeatable record; Therefore since they missed out on the Champions League this season, Their aim should be towards lifting the trophy come next season and try not to make big changes in the team and to keep their form over to next season. Going on away game and picking up a point from Dortmund was indeed a good thing.

Leverkusen surprised almost everyone in that match, because from what I heard from my friends' conversations and also when I saw social media, they didn't seem to believe that Leverkusen could survive defeat against Borussia Dortmund. But they really did it, yes they were able to score a goal when time was at the end of the match.
Xabi seems to have given doctrine to his players so that they cannot be beaten this season. Their status is champions now, and usually when a team has confirmed itself as champion, they won't care about the remaining matches, but that doesn't apply to Leverkusen and that makes me even more convinced that they really want to record a record without defeat this season. Huge appreciation for them, both players, coaching staff and even management who have succeeded in bringing Leverkusen this far. This is the result of all their hard work this season so they can show something truly extraordinary.

Yes, I absolutely agree that this was a good decision from him to rotate the players. Because the main target right now is the Europa League championship and also the DFB Pokal. and of course, they are targeting to win both of them. But I have to appreciate the passion that they have for the game. Even though they have already secured the Bundesliga title, they were really passionate to keep the unbeaten run going.

I guess they were also really happy to actually not to lose against a team like Dortmund. This is a great team with a great coach achieving great things. Of course, it was not done by only the coach. The players also had to believe that they were able to do it. I think any other coach could not have been able to make them believe that they could achieve such things. They are looking to get three trophies in a single season now.

I also thought that Bayer Leverkusen would lose that match yesterday after seeing that the match had reached ninety minutes where Dortmund was still leading with one goal. But this still did not apply to Bayer Leverkusen because in the final minutes of the match Stanisic was able to break through Dortmund's goal until the match ended in a draw. It can be said that before the match ends there is always the possibility and opportunity to get results that are beyond many people's expectations and this was truly proven at Bayer Leverkusen.

Asides the Coach, the players too deserve an accolades for their performance this season as they have been able to really get to achieve much more than was actually expected of them this season because before now they were like an average team in the bundesliga and now they are even much more better than the best team in the bundesliga and achieving so much that even the bundsliga giant is giving way for them.

There are times when this boys have been able to pull up some spectacular surprises and so it's very much deserving of every form of recognition because i know insome games they will get to the point where they will be loosing in the first half only to get to the second half and they will get a come back and end up winning in some games while in the other they will be able to end the game in a draw but they always make sure to stay unbeaten bother in their home and away and this has actually given them the record they have gotten this season till this point.

The team spirit been exercised amongst these boys is another too that has helped them a long way to be able to achieve this much such that they make sure they are not totally dependent on any one but collectively making sure the team stays productive and their coach has been coming up with very dynamic and functional tactics which has been most productive for them all through the season.

Of course the players are actors on the field and they are the successors to implementing the strategy given by Xabi Alonso. Without them, Xabi couldn't do anything, and without Xabi, they wouldn't be able to do anything either. This is something that cannot be separated between players and coaches, they both fight for the success of the team they defend, namely Leverkusen.

Players who were initially considered mediocre in the cold hands of Xabi they can do their best and they now have an increased market value. This is Xabi's genius in seeing the potential of the players he has. Also, players can respond to the trust given to them by showing all the abilities they have.

In my opinion, there are several players who will be targeted by big clubs in Europe thanks to their good performances with Leverkusen. But I don't know whether Xabi will let the player go or not. Because he has created excellent chemistry between the players at Leverkusen.

Bayern Leverkusen managed to continue to maintain their mentality and performance in avoiding defeat, there are very few teams in the Bundeliga that I think will be as strong as Bayern Leverkusen today by continuing to make comebacks every time they almost lose, the game against Dortmund actually no longer affects the Leverkusen championship but still Leverkusen take the game seriously by fielding a lot of their main players and I think even now Leverkusen have been champions but they never want to underestimate any team they play against for the rest of this game and honestly that's what Leverkusen have liked all along.

It was easy for Xabi Alonso to play all their substitutes or young players against Dortmund, but that was  done out of respect for Dortmund other than to maintain their unbeaten record this season, now Leverkusen will focus more on the Europa League as their priority to win titles other than the DFB and it is certainly a great achievement when a new coach managed to achieve a treble winner at the beginning of his coaching career Bundesliga team.

Xabi Alonso succeeded in making the Leverkusen team solid in all its lines and he was also able to build a strong chemistry within the Leverkusen squad so that there was no significant difference in performance even though player rotation was carried out.
Leverkusen managed to equalize in the last minute against Dortmund and that prevented them from their first defeat of the season, it was truly extraordinary and I almost couldn't believe what I saw in this match, Xabi Alonso really made the Leverkusen team truly superior this season .

Xabi Alonso rotating players during the match against Dortmund is quite natural because they have already secured the Bundesliga title and chose to focus on the European stage so rotating is the right thing for the coach to do, but there is no difference in quality even against a strong team like Dortmund is an extraordinary thing.

You are correct. Bayern Leverkusen players should also be praised; they helped Xabi Alonso win the Bundesliga title and remain unbeaten in all competitions. Bayern Leverkusen keeps producing amazing results every time they play a match. I thought Bayern Leverkusen could lose against Borussia Dortmund because they would rest their best players for the Europa League, but they still get a point against Borussia Dortmund at home.

With their condition lagging behind in the crucial minutes and in extra time which is almost up they are still behind, there is indeed a great hope for Leverkusen to break their record for unbeaten at this time but indeed their mentality is strong at this time especially with extraordinary confidence after they previously secured the trophy, it is indeed a positive value for them and Dortmund was unable to reduce it which resulted in them managing to get a goal at the end of the match which made their record still maintained.

Actually, even though it doesn't matter if they lose because it doesn't have any impact on the Bundesliga but Leverkusen didn't want to expect that and their fighting spirit until the end needs to be applauded in today's match.